On today’s show, we’ll find out how digital technology has transformed three once-profitable industries—newspapers, music, and film—and whether they’ll be able to recover. Then, Caldecott Medal-winning Chris Van Allsburg discusses his career as an author and illustrator. Plus, singer-songwriter-producer Butch Walker discusses the good and the bad of the music industry.
BBC World Service delivers breaking news and information programming around the world, in English and 42 other language services, on radio, TV and digital.
Your morning companion from NPR and the WNYC Newsroom, with world news, local features, and weather updates.
BBC World Service delivers breaking news and information programming around the world, in English and 42 other language services, on radio, TV and digital.
Steve Inskeep, co-host of NPR’s Morning Edition, talks about the rapidly growing city of Karachi, Pakistan. Gavin Andersen, lead developer of Bitcoin, and a small business owner who accepts the experimental digital currency, explain how it’s used and whether it’s catching on. Michael Grynbaum, New York Times Metro desk transportation reporter, and Scott Curtis, a former Wall Street trader who lost his job during the recession, discuss the appeal of driving a cab.
This year, as Baby Boomers turn 65, they’ll join millions already dealing with age-related hearing loss. But lately, a new and discreet technology - called hearing loops - is turning up the volume for the hearing impaired in airports, ballfields, churches, and even your local subway stop. We hear how. Plus, a live performance from violinist Daniel Hope and his ensemble.
A wrap-up of the day’s news, with features and interviews about the latest developments in New York City and around the world, from NPR and the WNYC newsroom.
Marketplace is not only about money and business, but about people, local economies and the world — and what it all means to us.
A wrap-up of the day’s news, with features and interviews about the latest developments in New York City and around the world, from NPR and the WNYC newsroom.
A hybrid of a talk program and a newsmagazine, On Point puts each day's news into context and provides a lively forum for discussion and debate.
Tell Me More focuses on the way we live, intersect and collide in a culturally diverse world. Capturing the headlines, issues and pleasures relevant to multicultural life in America, the daily one-hour series is hosted by award-winning journalist Michel Martin. Tell Me More marks Martin's first role in hosting a daily program. She views it as an opportunity to focus on the stories, experiences, ideas and people important in contemporary life but often not heard.
This year, as Baby Boomers turn 65, they’ll join millions already dealing with age-related hearing loss. But lately, a new and discreet technology - called hearing loops - is turning up the volume for the hearing impaired in airports, ballfields, churches, and even your local subway stop. We hear how. Plus, a live performance from violinist Daniel Hope and his ensemble.
For this New Sounds, we'll hear music made with stuff around the house. There are two works for teapots, one by clarinetist Andy Statman and the other a Beatles' tune. Paul Lansky samples his sons beating pots and pans for "Table's Clear," while Pulitzer Prize-Winning composer David Lang writes music for teacups to be struck by So Percussion. Plus, hear music for onions, and other innovative ways of putting household items in the service of music.
